3:30pm ET
Economy
Government Workers Take Brunt Of June Layoffs
The price of austerity has begun to hurt local and state government employment again. The trend is the continuation of one that started three years ago as a sharp drop in tax…
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10:10am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St. Top Ten Analyst Calls of the Week (COF, CTRP, NBG, P, RIMM, SHLD, SRDX, LVS, MPEL, HD, LOW, BLC, GCI)
Jon OggWe have another week that has passed by and there were many stand-out research calls that took place throughout the last week. Our top analyst calls, some of which are dubious…
6:14am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Hackers attacked the CIA website. (Reuters) Citigroup (NYSE: C) said data on 360,000 customers was stolen nearly a month ago. (Reuters) Greek debt and concerns about economic slowdown hurt stock prices worldwide.…
4:43am ET
Investing
American Companies Burned Worst By The Media
One school of thought about negative publicity is that its impact dissipates over time. It is hard to disprove that theory, especially in the case of large companies. And sometimes it takes…
4:43pm ET
Investing
The Top 6 Defensive Stocks For Investors Right Now (PEP, CAG, MO, CL, JNJ, AWK)
Stocks are still correcting as economic data keeps coming in weaker and weaker. Now the media keeps routinely talking up what we called a supporting call for QE3. Please, no QE3! Still,…
8:22am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BSX, CLF, DMND, EP, JNJ, JNPR, KNX, LPS, MBT, VIP, VMED, WYN)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.…
6:33am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Savage The Macro-Caps Across The Board
No industry was able to avoid short selling activity, particularly among its largest companies. Tech, automotive, conglomerates, consumer goods, and financial shares were all under pressure, and big firms took the brunt…
1:39pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Top DJIA Dividend Stocks Out-Yielding 10-Year Treasury (T, INTC, JNJ, KFT, MRK, PFE, VZ, CVX, DD, GE, MCD, PG, MO)
Now that the 10-Year Treasury Note has been back to close to the 3.00% yields again, we wanted to see which Dow Jones Industrial Average components had a higher dividend yield than…
4:41am ET
Companies and Brands
The American Companies With The Most Valuable Brands
24/7 Wall St. has done an analysis of the largest companies in the United States based on the size of their portfolios of major consumer brands. Many of these brands are worth…
4:44pm ET
Industrials
Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway Stock Holdings, A to L (BRK-B, BRK-A, AXP, BK, KO, CDCO, COP, COST, XOM, GCI, GE, GSK, GS, JNJ, KFT, LZ)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of March 31, 2011 for the Q2-2011 holdings. These public stock holdings have…
12:07pm ET
Media
Interview: Haverford Shares 8-Pack of Dividends (WHR, HD, UNP, UTX, APD, COP, PEP, JNJ, INTC, MSFT, HAVGX)
Investors love dividends, particularly from companies which are raising dividends or which have a history of raising dividends. There is a new diversified sample dividend portfolio for investors called the “8-Pack of…
8:29am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIXG, BMY, DKS, HEV, GNC, HMY, HBAN, HUN, JASO, JNJ, NTAP, NYB, QIHU, SBUX, UTI, WMB)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Sell at Canaccord Genuity. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company…
8:17am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADS, BSBR, BGFV, C, COST, DK, FSLR, IBKR, JDSU, JNJ, OKE, ORCL, PEP, PCLN, SPR, SBUX, V)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS) Cut to Sell at Goldman…
7:57pm ET
Investing
The Worst Best Companies Lists
Harris Interactive came out with its new “Reputation Quotient” list. The research firm has conducted the study for 12 consecutive years. The poll is based on views about the “60 most visible…
11:05am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (4/29/2011
A great deal of the most harsh business press is related to Warren Buffett companies and the Sokol insider trading scandal. The puts Berkshire Hathaway and Lubrizol on the list Allergan received…